Jean-Pierre Jeunet is a French film director and screenwriter known for the films Delicatessen, The City of Lost Children, Alien: Resurrection and Amélie.
Jean-Pierre Jeunet was born in Roanne, Loire, France. He bought his first camera at the age of 17 and made short films while studying animation at Cinémation Studios. He befriended Marc Caro, a designer and comic book artist who became his longtime collaborator and co-director. They met at an animation festival in Annecy in 1974.
Together, Jeunet and Caro directed award-winning animations. Their first live action film was The Bunker of the Last Gunshots (1981), a short film about soldiers in a bleak futuristic world. Jeunet also directed numerous advertisements and music videos, such as Jean Michel Jarre’s Zoolook (together with Caro).
Jeunet’s films often resonate with the late twentieth century French film movement, cinéma du look, and allude to themes and aesthetics involving German expressionism, French poetic realism, and the French New Wave.
Jeunet and Caro’s first feature film was Delicatessen (1991), a melancholy comedy set in a famine-plagued post-apocalyptic world, in which an apartment building above a delicatessen is ruled by a butcher who kills people in order to feed his tenants.
They next made The City of Lost Children (1995), a dark, multi-layered fantasy film about a mad scientist who steals children’s dreams so that he can live indefinitely.[3] The success of The City of Lost Children led to an invitation to direct the fourth film in the Alien series, Alien: Resurrection (1997). This is where Jeunet and Caro ended up going their separate ways as Jeunet believed this to be an amazing opportunity and Caro was not interested in a film that lacked creative control working on a big-budget Hollywood movie. Caro ended up assisting for a few weeks, with costumes and set design but afterwards, decided to work on a solo career in illustration and computer graphics.
Jeunet directed Amélie (2001), starring Audrey Tautou. Amélie is the story of a woman who takes pleasure in doing good deeds but has trouble finding love herself, was a huge critical and commercial success worldwide and was nominated for several Academy Awards. For this film, Jeunet also gained a European Film Award for Best Director.
Jeunet has also directed numerous commercials including a 2’25” film for Chanel N° 5 featuring his frequent collaborator Audrey Tautou.
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Jean-Pierre Jeunet Biography / Wiki
| Name | Jean-Pierre Jeunet |
| Also Know | Jean Pierre Jeunet, Жан-Пьер Жёне |
| Gender | Male |
| Known For | Directing |
| Place of Birth | Roanne, Loire, France |
| Date of Birth | September 03, 1953 |
| Age(as in 2023 Feb) | 69 |
| Deathday |
Jean-Pierre Jeunet Acting Movies
| Movie Name | Character | Release Date | Overview |
| One Step Beyond: Making ‘Alien: Resurrection’ | Self | 2003-12-02 | The making of Alien Resurrection (1997) is covered in this feature-length documentary, created for the film’s 2003 DVD release. The cast and crew tell… |
| Riding a Train of Thoughts | Self | 2014-06-06 | A documentary directed by Julien Lecat…. |
| The Extraordinary Voyage | Self – Filmmaker | 2011-12-08 | An account of the extraordinary life of film pioneer Georges Méliès (1861-1938) and the amazing story of the copy in color of his masterpiece “A T… |
| No Rest for Billy Brakko | 1984-01-01 | On a winter evening Billy Brakko buys a paper and reads: “The famous Billy Brakko is dead!” An early short film from Jean-Pierre Jeunet and Marc Caro… | |
| La véritable histoire d’Amélie Poulain | Self | 2023-01-15 | The true story of Amélie… |
| L’extravagante petite vie de J.C.D Dreyfus | Self (archive footage) | 2021-09-25 | Self-taught magician, transformist at the Grande Eugène cabaret, man of theater, television and cinema, Jean-Claude D. Dreyfus has been dragging his … |
| The Bunker of the Last Gunshots | 1981-01-01 | A military group of men is locked up in a bunker in an unknown future. All those soldiers are waiting for an eventual enemy. But the discovery of a ce… | |
| Cinéma… par Albert Dupontel | 2017-10-18 | … | |
Jean-Pierre Jeunet Directing Movies
| Movie Name | Job | Release Date | Overview |
| Amélie | Director | 2001-04-25 | At a tiny Parisian café, the adorable yet painfully shy Amélie accidentally discovers a gift for helping others. Soon Amelie is spending her days as… |
| Delicatessen | Director | 1991-04-17 | In a post-apocalyptic world, the residents of an apartment above the butcher shop receive an occasional delicacy of meat, something that is in low sup… |
| The City of Lost Children | Director | 1995-08-17 | A scientist in a surrealist society kidnaps children to steal their dreams, hoping that they slow his aging process…. |
| A Very Long Engagement | Director | 2004-10-26 | Young Frenchwoman Mathilde searches for the truth about her missing fiancé, lost during World War I, and learns many unexpected things along the way…. |
| Alien Resurrection | Director | 1997-11-12 | Two hundred years after Lt. Ripley died, a group of scientists clone her, hoping to breed the ultimate weapon. But the new Ripley is full of surprises… |
| Micmacs | Director | 2009-10-28 | While standing in the doorway of the video shop where he works, Bazil is inadvertently shot in the head. Now homeless and jobless, he is taken in by a… |
| The Bunker of the Last Gunshots | Director | 1981-01-01 | A military group of men is locked up in a bunker in an unknown future. All those soldiers are waiting for an eventual enemy. But the discovery of a ce… |
| Things I Like, Things I Don’t Like | Director | 1989-01-01 | Dominique Pinon takes the viewer through various examples of what he “likes and dislikes.”… |
| The Young and Prodigious T.S. Spivet | Director | 2013-10-16 | A 10-year-old child prodigy cartographer secretly leaves his family’s ranch in Montana where he lives with his cowboy father and scientist mother and … |
| Le Manège | Director | 1981-06-01 | An early stop motion animated short film from Jean-Pierre Jeunet. With puppets by Marc Caro…. |
| No Rest for Billy Brakko | Director | 1984-01-01 | On a winter evening Billy Brakko buys a paper and reads: “The famous Billy Brakko is dead!” An early short film from Jean-Pierre Jeunet and Marc Caro… |
| Casanova | Director | 2015-08-01 | Exiled from his beloved Venice, Giacomo Casanova flees to Paris at the dawn of the Enlightenment in hopes of putting his reputation as a playboy behin… |
| Two Snails Set Off | Director | 2017-06-08 | A forest full of animated animals encourage a pair of snails, who are fully clad in black because they are in mourning for a dead leaf, to celebrate t… |
| The King of Ads, Part 2 | Director | 1993-01-01 | Part II of a compilation movie featuring European T.V. commercials directed by a variety of well-known directors from across Europe and the U.S. Compi… |
| Bigbug | Director | 2022-02-11 | Set in the world of 2045, where communities have robotic helpers, a group of suburbanites are locked in for their protection by their household robots… |
| L’évasion | Director | 1978-05-09 | Jeunet and Caro capture the story of an attempted prison escape from the Prison de la Santé in Paris. As the escape artists travels through tunnels a… |
| Train de Nuit | Director | 2009-01-01 | Follow the romantic paths of Audrey Tautou on a night train to Istanbul. (Commercial for Chanel No. 5 perfume.)… |
| La véritable histoire d’Amélie Poulain | Director | 2023-01-15 | The true story of Amélie… |
| Director | Exiled from his beloved Venice, Giacomo Casanova flees to Paris at the dawn of the Enlightenment in hopes of putting his reputation as a playboy behin… | ||
Jean-Pierre Jeunet Production Movies
| Movie Name | Job | Release Date | Overview |
| Micmacs | Producer | 2009-10-28 | While standing in the doorway of the video shop where he works, Bazil is inadvertently shot in the head. Now homeless and jobless, he is taken in by a… |
| The Young and Prodigious T.S. Spivet | Producer | 2013-10-16 | A 10-year-old child prodigy cartographer secretly leaves his family’s ranch in Montana where he lives with his cowboy father and scientist mother and … |
| Bigbug | Producer | 2022-02-11 | Set in the world of 2045, where communities have robotic helpers, a group of suburbanites are locked in for their protection by their household robots… |
Writing
| Movie Name | Job | Release Date | Overview |
| The City of Lost Children | Screenplay | 1995-08-17 | A scientist in a surrealist society kidnaps children to steal their dreams, hoping that they slow his aging process…. |
| Delicatessen | Screenplay | 1991-04-17 | In a post-apocalyptic world, the residents of an apartment above the butcher shop receive an occasional delicacy of meat, something that is in low sup… |
| A Very Long Engagement | Screenplay | 2004-10-26 | Young Frenchwoman Mathilde searches for the truth about her missing fiancé, lost during World War I, and learns many unexpected things along the way…. |
| Micmacs | Writer | 2009-10-28 | While standing in the doorway of the video shop where he works, Bazil is inadvertently shot in the head. Now homeless and jobless, he is taken in by a… |
| Things I Like, Things I Don’t Like | Writer | 1989-01-01 | Dominique Pinon takes the viewer through various examples of what he “likes and dislikes.”… |
| The Young and Prodigious T.S. Spivet | Writer | 2013-10-16 | A 10-year-old child prodigy cartographer secretly leaves his family’s ranch in Montana where he lives with his cowboy father and scientist mother and … |
| No Rest for Billy Brakko | Screenplay | 1984-01-01 | On a winter evening Billy Brakko buys a paper and reads: “The famous Billy Brakko is dead!” An early short film from Jean-Pierre Jeunet and Marc Caro… |
| The Bunker of the Last Gunshots | Writer | 1981-01-01 | A military group of men is locked up in a bunker in an unknown future. All those soldiers are waiting for an eventual enemy. But the discovery of a ce… |
| Amélie | Writer | 2001-04-25 | At a tiny Parisian café, the adorable yet painfully shy Amélie accidentally discovers a gift for helping others. Soon Amelie is spending her days as… |
| Le Manège | Writer | 1981-06-01 | An early stop motion animated short film from Jean-Pierre Jeunet. With puppets by Marc Caro…. |
| Bigbug | Screenplay | 2022-02-11 | Set in the world of 2045, where communities have robotic helpers, a group of suburbanites are locked in for their protection by their household robots… |
| La véritable histoire d’Amélie Poulain | Writer | 2023-01-15 | The true story of Amélie… |
Other Info
| Movie Name | Job | Release Date | Overview |
| The Bunker of the Last Gunshots | Director of Photography | 1981-01-01 | A military group of men is locked up in a bunker in an unknown future. All those soldiers are waiting for an eventual enemy. But the discovery of a ce… |
| The Bunker of the Last Gunshots | Costume Design | 1981-01-01 | A military group of men is locked up in a bunker in an unknown future. All those soldiers are waiting for an eventual enemy. But the discovery of a ce… |
| The City of Lost Children | Additional Dialogue | 1995-08-17 | A scientist in a surrealist society kidnaps children to steal their dreams, hoping that they slow his aging process…. |
| No Rest for Billy Brakko | Editor | 1984-01-01 | On a winter evening Billy Brakko buys a paper and reads: “The famous Billy Brakko is dead!” An early short film from Jean-Pierre Jeunet and Marc Caro… |
| The Bunker of the Last Gunshots | Editor | 1981-01-01 | A military group of men is locked up in a bunker in an unknown future. All those soldiers are waiting for an eventual enemy. But the discovery of a ce… |
| Le Manège | Animation | 1981-06-01 | An early stop motion animated short film from Jean-Pierre Jeunet. With puppets by Marc Caro…. |
| Director of Photography | Animation TV magazine…. | ||
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